and deep penetration at long distance. "How far?" The two simple words said much more than they implied. First, both Poen van Zyl and I clearly understood we each knew which of the reedbuck rams were to be killed, and second, it was down to a matter of the mathematics involved in taking him cleanly. Based on my professional hunterÂ’s momentary silence, I responded with a brief question of my own. "One-fifty?" "Just hold on the point of the shoulder, and squeeze the trigger." Poen van Zyl may have thought in Afrikaans, but knew how to guide a visiting sportsman...